The new recruits had long known their highest-ranking officer was Su Ze. They all saw him as their role model and were proud to be soldiers under his command.

Su Ze felt their gazes—fervent with adoration, brimming with youthful energy and high spirits. He sensed their trust, the kind that places life and death in another’s hands, and a heavy weight settled in his heart.

In the near future, he would lead these new recruits to the battlefield, and it was his duty to ensure as many of them as possible returned alive.

"Salute!"

At Li Yongguan’s command, a thousand soldiers snapped to attention and saluted Su Ze in perfect unison.

Su Ze returned the salute, then waved with a slight smile. "Greetings, comrades!"

The soldiers responded in unison, "Greetings, sir!"

Su Ze had been a little worried. He didn’t know the first thing about drilling or leading troops, and he had feared he would arrive and be completely useless, unable to do anything.

But after arriving, he realized he didn’t have to do anything. His mere presence was the greatest encouragement for the soldiers. Their enthusiasm for training more than doubled, and they all wanted to show him their very best.

Unbeknownst to him, his prestige in the hearts of Dongli’s people had grown to an astonishing degree, far beyond his own imagination. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

What Su Ze didn’t know was that before he joined Dongli, the nation had been at the bottom of the six countries, constantly suppressed and getting the short end of the stick everywhere.

But from the moment he joined, even when he was just a minor Pupa Stage evolutionary, he won the Adjudication Battle for Dongli, forever etching his name in the memory of its people.

Afterward, he brought glory to Dongli time and again, allowing its people to hold their heads high with pride.

It was safe to say that with Su Ze, Dongli had never been on the losing end again.

The day he became a Guardian God of Dongli, the entire nation celebrated.

Without him realizing it, his prestige in Dongli had already surpassed that of the other Guardian Gods; even Mr. Gu was a notch below him.

Su Ze didn’t linger on the training ground for long and was about to leave. Just then, he suddenly remembered that Mr. Ya was also training a thousand-man team and couldn’t help but wonder about his progress.

He asked Li Yongguan and learned that Mr. Ya’s team was training on another field within the military base. He immediately sent his Perception Tentacles probing in that direction.

’That guy Mr. Ya hasn’t shown his face for days. He’s been so secretive, I wonder what he’s up to.’

Su Ze observed them. Mr. Ya’s thousand-man team was also training in a competent, organized manner. However, one female soldier in the formation was particularly conspicuous.

She was tall, even taller than many of the men, with a scorching-hot figure that was very well-endowed. Her looks were a solid seven or eight out of ten—a definite bombshell.

And in the glances many soldiers stole her way, they could hardly hide their adoration.

’Holy shit, isn’t that Brother Shi Qiang... no, Sister Shi Qiang?!’

That beautiful woman was none other than Shi Qiang, who now possessed a flexible gender after consuming the Iron Armor Oyster extract.

’Is Mr. Ya using a honey trap?’

Su Ze also saw Mr. Ya, who was at the front of the formation, shouting commands.

Just then, with a command from Mr. Ya— "Charge!"

A dozen or so soldiers at the very front of the team roared in unison. They conjured massive balls of dung in their hands, and as they moved, the dung balls grew larger and larger...

The dozen or so soldiers pushed dung balls seven or eight meters high, racing across the training field at an astonishing speed. Their power was equally astounding.

If Su Ze himself were to encounter it, even he would have to give it a wide berth.

’Is this Mr. Ya’s ultimate move? His secret weapon?’

Su Ze was stunned.

He was certain Mr. Ya couldn’t have found so many new recruits who had absorbed giant dung beetles and mastered the dung-pushing skill. Therefore, this must be a newly learned skill for them.

’How did he convince these new recruits to learn this skill?’

Su Ze glanced at Shi Qiang and understood immediately.